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ID: 2092258
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2092258
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Punxsutawney (inhabited place)  Punxsutawney (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 56 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.9333  decimal degrees
Long: 078 58 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -78.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Noted for festivities on Groundhog Day, February 2, when woodchuck "Punxsutawney Phil" emerges from burrow to forecast arrival of warm weather (which will come early if he does not see his shadow); tradition was derived from European customs on Candlemas.

Names:
Punxsutawney (preferred,C,V)  ............ name derived from Native American word for "gnats"

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Pennsylvania (state)  ............  Pennsylvania (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Jefferson (county)  ................  Jefferson (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Punxsutawney (inhabited place)  ....................  Punxsutawney (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Punxsutawney..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42020845
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42020845
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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